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  • Overlap Show & Tell 'CLOSE ONE'
    Overlap Show & Tell 'CLOSE ONE'
    Fri, 17 May
    Nortons Digbeth
    Overlap Show & Tell 'CLOSE ONE'
    17 May 2024, 19:00 – 22:00
    Nortons Digbeth, 43-45 Meriden St, Birmingham B5 5LS, UK
    A night for animators & animation lovers to show work, share ideas and hang out.
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November 2021 'Fall'

We had animators falling into a pile of leaves in order to win a Dorcha LP and Mr Egg badge. Louis dressed like a suave acorn too.


Our guests, Remus and Kiki, were funny, insightful, and got the room buzzing. How a couple graft that hard and closely while not killing each other is a lesson in symbiosis.

Dorcha mixed their beautiful music with visuals by artists including Black Peppa, Shiyi Li and Brid Rose (How was that Brid’s first animation?!).

Thanks to Max Priddy for being on the buttons, RoguePlay for the crash mats, I Choose Birmingham for the badges, and BFI Network for the continuing support.


November 2021's Playlist



Intro + visuals by Shiyi Li

Monkey Dust + visuals by IMPATV

As + visuals by Brid Rose & Beth Bellis ft Black Peppa

Horses + visuals by Eric & Erin



August 2021 'Touching'

Could we touch? Couldn’t we? It was strange to be mingling freely in the flesh after so long. The atmosphere was great, and thanks to Nortons’ airy bar it felt safe.

It was encouraging to see so much incredible new animation, a lot of which was created just for the night. It was a proper Midlands-wide showing too. Animators came in from Nottingham, Stafford, Milton Keynes and Gloucester to show their work. The community really felt alive and they brought the talent out in spades (We have a community. That’s nice isn’t it?).

Having two lots of guests falling through was a reminder that we’re not through this pandemic yet. We’ll keep doing fun events as long as we can, but always balancing them out with safety. I might even wear a crash helmet next time.


August 2021's Playlist



(Films that should have been shown... Oops. We'll play them next time.)


Interval animations by:




May 2021 'Pomp'

We were back with a bang in our new home, Nortons Digbeth. Diddy Sweg played live music, with Antonio Roberts creating a backdrop of live coded visuals. And of course, we show&telled incredible new animation too.

Thanks to a pair of jumbo arms we kept things safely distanced. It was exciting to be in the same room as so many talented people again. Some filmmakers have shown so much animation that it was time they got more than just a standard badge. We've now got silver and gold badges, and even a trophy.


May 2021's playlist:

Martin McNally/Mixed Milk - EXIT (Not online, but informed EXCERPT)






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